Railway-car.



J. W. SPAUR. RAILWAY GAR. APPLICATION FILED ammo, 1914.

1,098,989, Patented June 2,1914.

IIIVHITOR WITNESSES WM IKS MM "JAMES WESLEY SPATJB 'OF CABLE, MONTANA.

RAILWAY-can.

To all w7lom it may-concern .Be it known that I, James Srnun, a

' citizen of the United States, and a resident of Cable, in the county of- Deerlodge and State of Montana, have made certain new and useful Improvements 1I1'Eall-WZIY-OB,PS, of which the followingis a specification.

This invention relates to railway cars, and one of the principal objects ofthe invention is to provide a constructionand arrangement of the cars whereby the car ends willbe disposed at an oblique angle transversely of the track,and hence uponthe occurrence of a collision, the cars will not tendto telescope as is a common occurrence with the ordinary form of car, but by reason of thecar ends'beingdisposed in substantially par allel relation. and obliquely with respect to,

r the track, will tend to be thrown to one side of each otheras they come together by impact oi the collision.

Another ob 'ect of the invention is to provide a novel andadvantageous interior arrangement particularly adapted to cars of the type set out. j a

With these and other objects in view which will become apparent as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter described and claimed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which like characters of reference indicate like parts throughout the several figures, of which,

Figure 1 represents atop plan View partly in section of'a car, and portions of adjacent cars, constructed according to my invention,

and Fig. 2 represents a side elevational viewof the same, portions being shown in vertical section, as indicated by the broken line 2--2 of Fig. 1.

Referring more particularly to the drawing, 5 represents the side sills and 6 the end sills, which form a frame on which the car is built, in the usual manner. The car is provided with end walls 7, which are preferably constructed of heavy steel. and which extend from the roof to the end sills, and the end walls are disposed at an oblique angle with respect to the track 8, and are provided with openingstoQform doorways 9, bywhich access may be had from one car to another; and the portion 10 of each end wall to one side of the doorway, and on the longer side of the car end, is disposed at a slight angle to the opposite portion 11 a v Specification of Letters Patent.

' hpplieation filed January 20,1914. Serial No. 813,201.

turning a sharp curve, therewill be no danger of the car ends striking or binding Patented June 2, 1 914.

of the end Walls, andmore nearly at right angles with'respect to thetrack, so that in' against the ends of; adjacentcars, it being understood that the ends of each car are oppositely-arranged,and that all the cars are formed alike so that the portion 10 of the end wall of one car, or that portion 'whichpccurs at the longer portion ofthe car end is disposed opposltethe portion 11 l of the adjacent car.

The steps 12- are arranged oppositely and toward the center of the car from the end walls 7, and between the steps at the longer portion of each car end, and portion 10 of the" end wall of'the car, is formed a compartment 13 which may be used as a smoking or toilet room. On the opposite side of the steps from the end wall of the car,

. the partitions 14 occur, which are arranged transversely of the car and in alinement with each other, and form an opening in which door 15 is swung, whereby access to the interior of the car may be had.

The doors 16 which are of usual construction, are provided for the doorways 17 in the sides of the car which lead to the steps.

The cars are coupled as at 18 in the usual manner. -Removably secured to the car platform in the door openings 9 by means ofbolts 19 which project through the end sills 6, and provided with cotter pins 20, are

plates 21, which project outwardly and lap one over the other, as shown in Fig. 2, to provide a support for passengers in going from one car to another. The plates are disposed obliquely with relation to the track, and in parallel relation to the adjacent ends of the cars, as shown. By this construction it is evidentthat should a collision occur, the obliquely disposed car ends coming together, would slide past or to -One side of each other, so to speak, and would not tend to'telesco'pe, as is afrequent occurrence in cars of the ordinary construction.

The ends of the cars are free from any obstructions or projections which might tend claims.

Lclaii, 1 I '1'. i railway car having its end walls oppositely arranged and disposed 'at an oh liqn angle t ,7 .verselyof a trsel: and enthe Width of the car, a portion. of end Wail heing disposed at an angle to ,c v aid end Walls ,J'QUL said car being hient ad acent the *her and translieear, said he end well 'he track. end Walls oppositely 'y or track, a compartment-an adjacent eaelend Wall and in th portion of the ear ends steps arffransversely f the car and in ad- 'I said comps tinent, and partitions portion, and more nearly at and steps a1 d at an oblique angle w messes arranged on the opposite side of the steps I from said compartment transversely of the ear and forming a door opening, the end Walls of said car being provided with door openings occurring on the longitndinalme- 4p dial line of the car, the portions of the end wall formingone Wall of the compartment, ying at an oblique anglev relative to the rack; I

3. A car having its end Walls throughout 45 their width disposed at an oblique angle transversely of ,a'traclnsaid end Walls having the portions thereof occurring at the longer portions of the car disposed at an an le to the p eel .ng at the i \l' port-ions of the car ends, and more nearly at right angles to said track, and being somewhat less in lengthf thandsaid portions occurring at the shorter portions of the car ends, said portions being plane and extending the entire L 4 the car body.

4. A car having its end Wails heavy material and disposed at o angle transversely ofa track, said W eX- 60 tending the wldth of the car and having a portion thereof disposed at an angle to the remaining portlon thereof, said portions being plane, said end Walls being rree from obstructions on their outer faces.

JAMES WZEYSUEY SPAUR. v

Witnesses: OLE BoLAnD,

T. P. MGGRATH,

spies of this 23 be onset-nee 01" "ve cents each, byafidrssing the Commissioner 0: Patents,

Washington, D. C.

- of the end Walls oe- 50 

